acts one's age
Shows expected maturity
To act one's age is to behave with the maturity expected of someone your years—usually directed at children or teenagers being silly, or adults being immature: Stop whining and act your age.
The phrase implies conduct falling short of what's appropriate.
Rarely used as praise.
- maturityFull growth achieved
- grow upDevelop into adulthood
- act your ageAdmonishment against immaturity
- decorumFitting social conduct
- table mannersProper conduct during meals
cognitive growth · emotional intelligence · old soul · reputation · responsibility · respectfulness · grown-up · impulse control · temper tantrum · accountability · age-appropriate · know better · societal norms · childishness · judgment · self-awareness · self-control · role modeling